What ASP.NET developers should know about jQuery
AJAX, ASP.NET, JavaScript, jQuery By Dave Ward. Updated May 19, 2011Note: This post is part of a long-running series of posts covering the union of jQuery and ASP.NET: jQuery for the ASP.NET Developer.
Topics in this series range all the way from using jQuery to enhance UpdatePanels to using jQuery up to completely manage rendering and interaction in the browser with ASP.NET only acting as a backend API. If the post you're viewing now is something that interests you, be sure to check out the rest of the posts in this series.
As much as I enjoyed attending MIX09 this year, it wasn’t a difficult decision when Karsten asked me to write an article for the MIX Online site.
Reading this here, there’s a good chance the article is targeted below the amount of jQuery expertise you already have. However, it’s been brought to my attention that some readers have found it useful for sending to their more JavaScript-phobic coworkers.
So, I decided that it’s worth mentioning here after all:
It’s hard to believe that JavaScript is already well over a decade old. Often relegated to marginal tasks in its early years, JavaScript has grown to become a pillar of modern web development. With the current popularity of DHTML and AJAX, it can be difficult to find a site that doesn’t use JavaScript anymore. One of the driving forces behind JavaScript’s newfound popularity is a proliferation of JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery.
Why?
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I think so, too.
I agree completely. A while ago, I wrote a quick post on getting started with JQuery in ASP.NET
http://www.dotnetcube.com/post/Getting-started-with-JQuery-in-ASPNET.aspx
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I definitely intend to continue posting about the general topics of Microsoft, jQuery, AJAX, and whatever comes next. You can follow me on Twitter or via RSS to be updated when future posts about these topics are published.